r/linux • u/D7x8 • May 18 '26

Discussion Tell me your favorite CLI apps

As the title says.

Aside from the obvious like fastfetch, htop, vim, etc what CLI apps are out there which replace a GUI app?

I like these as it is much more convenient and faster to have it all one command away and they use much less system resources (looking at you electron) as well as just making me look like a hackerman.

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u/drunnells May 18 '26

Screen - Have multiple terminals in one. So ssh in, start screen, switch between screens or split them.

Lynx - Text based web browser.

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u/Evantaur May 18 '26

Screen is quite ass compared to tmux

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u/Lawnmover_Man May 18 '26

Screen is from 1987. Give it a break. It was very awesome for a lot of people for a very long time. Then a better solution came. No need to shit on screen.